Beaches and or Day Passes in Aruba?

[eclue]

On 1/9/2024 at 1:46 PM, TTEllis said:

I can help you out with that. 

When your group of 9(how nice!!) gets off your ship, your going to bottleneck out of port security to your left then go to the right into town. 

Your not solo like myself. If I were you I would find a minivan taxi never a problem and pay them to take you and pick you up at an agreed upon time to and from Eagle Beach. They'll be a ZILLION taxi drivers as you walk outside of security.

With a group that size your own taxi van with just your family is the way to go. You can work out a very reasonable fee and time to be picked up. 

I'm solo for me it's very easy to take city transportation but in your case you can all go together in the same van for a very reasonable price. 

 

Nice palapas for rent at Eagle Beach. 

It's nice. Your group if you get there early you can rent a couple of them right beside each other. With 2 loungers, I'm not sure what they cost a palapa and 2 chairs is around $25 a day. Great deal great beach. 

Passions at the Beach as you go down the ramp to the beach will be on your right, I recommend you getting palapas close to Passions. Get your palapas BETWEEN Passions and the Beach not on the side, go up front get you a couple of palapas where you can see everything plus if you get thirsty or hungry Passions is right there. GREAT food I found their menu for a beach bar, incredible. Best seat on the beach.

 

I don't know if you can rent palapas ahead of time. I've never done that I just get to the beach EARLY find me the nicest palapa, drop my backpack pay the man, and get the party started.  

I guess you could email Amsterdam Manor and check OR get your group together early and get to Eagle Beach.

Unless there's a large number of ships in port there really shouldn't be too much of a problem renting a couple of palapas. Have a nice vacation and when you get back please don't forget to give us a review. Take care 

 

Two weeks ago, at Eagle Beach, they were charging $35 for an umbrella and $20 for two loungers. Palapas are free if you get there early enough to get one. The guests from Amsterdam Manor across the street have first priority on them. Lately it has been very crowded.

[TTEllis]

9 minutes ago, eclue said:

Two weeks ago, at Eagle Beach, they were charging $35 for an umbrella and $20 for two loungers. Palapas are free if you get there early enough to get one. The guests from Amsterdam Manor across the street have first priority on them. Lately it has been very crowded.

Thank you for this updated and current info.. I appreciate it. 

For years Eagle Beach was a beautiful quiet local beach. That's over. 

Everybody started running they're mouth's like myself about what a nice beach Eagle Beach is, now it's become extremely popular with cruise visitors. It wasn't always like that. 

As you stated you have to get there early. Thanks for taking the time to give us all the new pricing at Eagle Beach. 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[cruislovin]

On 1/24/2024 at 10:17 PM, son3cruisers said:

That’s what we just did. We booked Eagle Aruba resort and casino. 
Reviews looked good. Wondering why it hasn’t been mentioned yet by experienced cruisers to Aruba? This is our second time in Aruba , first time using a day pass. 
 

What time did you get to the beach? Were there chairs available? If we want a pool day we can do that on the ship!

[son3cruisers]

1 hour ago, cruislovin said:

What time did you get to the beach? Were there chairs available? If we want a pool day we can do that on the ship!

We arrived to the beach about 10:30 after checking in at the hotel. The palapa’s were all gone but 2 loungers were not a problem. There are attendants that will get them for you ( I saw a stack) . Also there are three pools at this resort and they are much better than any pool on a ship! I would definitely recommend this resort